History: (Wha...Huh?/5) - After stealing an experimental rocket in
an attempt to make it to the moon, Ben Grimm, Reed Richards, Johnny Storm,
and Sue Storm travelled through a cosmic ray storm. Upon arriving on the
moon, Sue Storm began turning invisible, while Reed's body became elastic
as he attempted to buy a glass of Space Lemon-Aid from an alien. Noticing
a bargain books stand nearby, Reed grabbed a book on Space Laws and Fun Facts
that told him that the cosmic rays they had encountered had somehow given
them each superhuman powers. When Reed began to comment on how the book proved
Hasline's Theory of Cosmic-Atomic-Kirbitude, Ben Grimm, who had become a
rock-like monster, yanked a moon tree from the ground and tried to hit Reed.
While the two fought one another, Johnny mentioned that he felt he was changing
as well, but nothing appeared to happen. Johnny explained that he felt that
he was about to catch on fire and asked Reed why he did not burst into flames.
Reed reminded Johnny that it was simple science: there was no oxygen on the
moon and therefore, flame could not exist without oxygen. At that point,
Reed realized what he was saying and the entire foursome perished on the
moon without air.

Comments:Created by Ed Brubaker and Jim Mahfood.

This Earth diverged from the events seen in Fantastic Four I#1 (November,
1961).

On Earth-616, it was long ago revised that they were
trying out a hyperspace warp/interstellar ship. See
the origin recap in the 1992 Citizen Kang annual for
example.
--Per Degaton

Earth-The Fantastic Four Had Made it to the Moon had no known connection to:

any other divergent or alternate Earth

BEN GRIMM

Ben Grimm was the pilot of the stolen rocket that brought himself, Reed Richards,
Sue Storm, and Johnny Storm through a cosmic storm and to the moon. Once
the group made it to the moon, Ben began to change into a rock-like monster.
Blaming his transformation on Reed Richards, Ben attacked him only to die
seconds later from a lack of oxygen on the moon.

Ben had the same superhuman strength, durability, and rock-like hide as his
Earth-616 counterpart.

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REED RICHARDS

When Reed Richards stole a rocket in an attempt to make it to the moon, he
and his three passengers were bombarded with cosmic radiation before making
it to the moon. Once landed, the foursome discovered they had gained superpowers,
in Reed's case, the ability to stretch his body as if it were elastic. Reed
soon deduced that the transformations were caused by the radiation they had
encountered by reading Space Laws and Fun Facts, a book he found at a local
moon newsstand. Soon after, Ben Grimm attacked Reed for not realizing the
danger of the radiation as Johnny began to smoke and fizzle out. When Johnny
asked Reed why he did not burst into flames, Reed explained that fire needed
oxygen. Realizing that there was oxygen on the moon, Reed soon died with
his teammates, as there was no air on the moon.

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JOHNNY STORM

Johnny Storm accompanied Reed Richards and Ben Grimm to the moon, where everyone
began to exhibit superhuman powers due to their exposure to cosmic radiation
along the way. Johnny soon began to smoke and felt as though he was going
to catch on fire. When he fizzled out, he asked Reed why he did not burst
into flame, Reed explained that fire needed oxygen to exist. Moments later,
Johnny and the others died, realizing that there was no oxygen on the moon.

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SUE STORM

When Sue joined Ben Grimm, Reed Richards, and her younger brother, Johnny,
to the moon, she found that she had gained the ability to turn invisible
due to exposure to cosmic radiation. Before she could really react to her
transformation, she died with her other teammates, as there was no oxygen
to breathe on the moon.